A new species of Heser Tuneva, 2005 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from the south of India

Jan Bosselaers

doi:10.3897/zookeys.73.837

A new species of Heser Tuneva, 2005 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from the south of India

Zookeys. 2010 Dec 29:(73):1-11. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.73.837.

Author

Jan Bosselaers¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of invertebrates, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium.

Abstract

A new species of Heser Tuneva, 2005 (Gnaphosidae) is described from the south of India. A key is provided to the species of Heser and the importance of Gnaphosidae for the study of world spider biodiversity is briefly discussed.

Keywords: Aponedyopus; Dionycha; Hampi; Karnataka; Zelotinae; key.